Telegram-herald., 1887-03-19
BUFFALO'S BIG BLAZE.
A Counterpart Of the Famous
NeWLall House Disaster.
THIRTY KILLED ASl RlHl IIUiEl
61rainx q the Richmond Rouse al
a. Earff Hour fs4tsroaf-A Scene
u Horror aad Terriois AkoDf
-Thstr Lzzt sleep Mas
Death.

ess.ss.s tlnel cary this moluins o.
estaer ath -. Ismsa lfo.ai and otaef al
i41sas brotsrfr. Tha mosi ais.rsssins part
ol ilr q .aslsr Is ihs loss ~ seFsrai human
aFea. Iae fapdiv oi ins ire cutting OF
means ~ escape .et some persols io leap
~ lf fom ne alndoss. OIasrs so- dosn
nfa . toes 81 90 Hsyes ladders falseii ~
tas - lsuatmens The shrsks and cries
of i-s people ia ihe apfer stories % the
hufnlns sir1elire were heart rending one
man mat si.h terror .saped from third
.lar. ufn.i8T aad sas picked ap irom the
sfsn- sassalE 90 Ntn-s-. = mAnsled and
hIal.tIa.. .lfDa- several no 5ucccesleit ia
lnaz.n. .heir escapc Hese badly lniufed and
Blrls1 ana slsne 0. llsu Nls probably
a- ufhers more foftuuale efcsred with
shf .f .lses. May or che wounded we're
taken e.. Carney saloon anu ai-crea eafds o.
llsri.s anlanr ess. vas b. "A. hrf ant.
Is NrW E VI. uaFe.leE nrku oDrnsd about
the isel tl8 h4las Hon. N. IS barse. 81
0.sau sas terribly a-rnsi about The hands
and wrists Llher- -ta 3rt, senior pro-
rf.es.f ni tue hotel. Nlln his Aifc occupied
f..slis 1u fue scCull 1lof aai had a narrow
es.4ne. Terror 1Ferealle everybody and
even those sla e-caaei ln safety were in
macy cases pf1sf 4te1 ~ t-rif aNfGi eN-
rer-lee8 faele were rs persons IA The
l9te- seventy ui whom we're transient
rlasts- slzll were ooardsfs and the re-
msialer portsra. bell boys. families OF the
rrarref1fs. aul clerks. INenty-t~O Of
th - we're rescued ROM Windows by ire
msr twenty-five are az hospital, al
laree lan Beg made their escape b other
flaans The ofietu of the fr- IS noE known.
Wl.sm a Aiport the night cle-x. says.
The lfe started in the coax roOm under
tae main stairway at 800 o clock. There
uaa no8ody up hl- Lly-eli Joe the night
porter snd f.cnlaer a belloOY. / pulled
a. .0ar 81 the ere alarms on toe different
floors. ar1 lie people came diving down
strl.rs il their nig1t-clothes. The ire fol-
owed ne elevator. aud inside Of i've min
ufes .l had cached the top l0Or. / rushed
Our 81 doors atter dong al I eJuld.'
Toe oel boy. Piummer. tells bis expert
e. as iolioEs-
~I Nss dusling The reading room when
h+ard a shout and saw flames coming up
the stairway from the basement. Alport
aud ,uraed on the hose uader the main
sta.rNs7. We Strengthened the hose out
and turned the valve, bot the water would
TO, gun. Then We gave the alarm. The
vatcuulan and got plank and broke IN
tls kaTie-sf. entFsnce to the hotel. Then
Vo g0l 4 plank un Ter the ire escape on
Elgle-st. ami We helped people down
think there were ABOUT eigaty-f0ur guests
in f1e house.
The soread OF The flames is said 10 have
hesn ifis4ttl. in their sapiiity. The eisva-
Cog SOAR served as = lac Tor The hauies aad
they rushed 40 20 The top hOor in very
iew moments As the guests were reused
and saw the interior exits cu5 0d they
turned t0 tae windows. They could be
scea In their nIgut clothes Standing out
clear and vivid before the iurid back
gro1nd OF damee Their screams we're nor
aoie 90 hear and they could be heard for
blocks The p ames spread % the southeast
sils of th- hotel hrss The dremeD did
noble work and Quilted the ire 70 tue mar
row limits of three buildings Their WORK
81 rescue uat many exciting incidents. The
telegraph wires Ia t1e way OF the ladder
brigade aul mucl valuable time vas lost
IN getting re lsiders past them. Among
The Elesrs in the loiai were about twenty
insurance. aEents who had come on to
ADJUST The .ossss 0f the gIc4s FIRE 40 Miller
tfranier s. Company. and the Cstsrir Office
on Tuesday. Perhaps the most thrilling
escape 0f any Nas that of President ~ Whit-
tssr a sfspson OF Proprietor stafford. He
ro1mei Tn tle 81 d story and when arrous-
si stepped t0 q winiDE and looked down
Coz a few seconds. Then he deliberately
dresEsa himself and emerged from the
81 uHow. sfosd on toe stone Gaping above
tls window beneath From this cspoing
b. stepped to t1e next one along the front
81 enc nnidrE snd proc eded in tnis man
ner ID a hayes truck ladder AZ TIE Other ex-
frsmfg Of the f~ouf. william III. Alpert
the hishr CLERK sfaies hat be vas sitting in
che office st sd oC.oCs when be saI a re-
lection on fhe fCor. Turning round. bedis-
covered 5 aIdE- in tle coat ard CLOAK room
directly un1cr ffe stairway on the main
tlor fhs IEmes ar once dsrfsd 40 the
elevator shait VITA a tremendous force aud
Cd au fncre.NnIr snort space 0f tine the in
fe 1f the hotel was fIlsa with smoke
aud fame Ileu ihe terrible scenes b. gan
The seu1rc and third alarm brouEht The
entire ire deuartmeut ro the scene bat it
Tss impossible to save any portion OF the
structure The tire had rrsrhetl the roof in
Jess than are minutes from fhe tine s. vas
oiscoveret % soon reached and gu tel ST.
fsnes hall occupied a. Hun0ef e
wreeum. sr1 Tivoi hsl adjoining and
fanung o1 WashinE.nn-st. Toe fra
Nsicn wss under coafral by 8 o'clock
was confined CD toe Richmond hotel
AMI The m fseum property. together With
f1e stlo1n ~ lsr1es tseiEhrou and The cigar
srere ef T. a. Rslsrio on rhe Msin-st eide
fae As6n-sf stores ~ the Richmond Hotel
we're eccup.ed ov ihrifh s kingslsv. BOOK
s'iiers ana sfationers Peter Pau. e Bros
fu ere SAME Tine Of rus'ness. aud fuller X
Townsend. propriefcrs ef the hosrOn Cloth
ins Store TIE storss In these stores we're
fofa u Destroyed snIa.HnE heavv losses
HTle y Aie1ui of Nev York sssistsd \
rUmrer of women from ths bnrlin- build
ing Cd another -ii be- reached me corasr of
Washington asa Nerfh Division So. ana
ftls gained ts strrea Clinton Biwel. 81
fitsofrs. - wing on ar imprfr sed cot a.
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